like it or not, the Haskell community already relies *heavily* on GitHub, and it seems that most people don't have a problem with that or consider the alternatives inferior. Just because other people are doing The Wrong Thing, it does not mean
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 I'm replying to this to clarify that I object to GitHub in order to have a clear conscience, not because I think GitHub is a "bad tool". Attempting to shoot down my arguments against GitHub with arguments for convenience or it being a "a good tool", or popular, or whatever, do not work. To me, GitHub is not even an alternative to begin with. Of course, I don't expect most (or even any) devs here to agree with my position, but I wanted to elucidate it nonetheless, so that you may understand it better. On 21/07/16 10:59, Sven Panne wrote: that you need to do it too, nor does it excuse your doing it.
And I don't understand the point about "proprietary client-side JavaScript" at all: Should we stop using 99% of the Internet because some server sends us some JavaScript we have no license for? If you value your freedom: yes. It's proprietary software executed on your computer, just like any other proprietary software executed on your computer[0].
And what about all those routers/switches/etc. in between which connect you to the rest of the world: They definitely run proprietary SW, and nobody cares (for a good reason). Those do not execute proprietary software on your computer, so that's not comparable.
Don't get me wrong: I'm very much for Open Source, but let's not go over the top here. Let's use a tool basically everybody knows and focus on the content, not on the technology. I am not in favour of open source at all, I am in favour of free software. The issue is ethical, not technological, and saying "let's not go over the top" does not make sense to me, as it is an ethical position.
[0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.en.html - -- Alexander alexander@plaimi.net https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXkM5KAAoJENQqWdRUGk8BncsP/24efH2arxRIriK0YankfO9W D1OT1Vfh4AtMfcBDV0dutMpLWcrllUcd/pvR2cR9uJTbA6t33LfQmhv6clqsHZ97 ZLQ7CoerfLNxCUA8i+H00YSz9JKMvGMpRJhFM/VAn1oF3OMpakCB9ZjeXXf/uwAT LVYWh/HCHRULOMnnQZe2N7IrcxUwuw+/Iy0163zWkeMVlOwmVNYj/mMFNfIuZCcK 6hxUMqNQkhL7Ipm2SSGIvZONboYsFQG7dwmAQH/A1Sj6U3oV0lmKF9Nf2gjhZq6+ FEtEDjQzMrIKtMOX0mNKuYc6i6f5N+LTMfsFddJkITMWkqkwOjbAtgStv/i6wFb7 43SIoYcFMivQ980miy3VVLVdkiFlx5/1wxz1YRaM+ieA9oF2Nl0wVU/+6mLFIUaL q1cyI+o9lywTaMr8zPzr5jSm1BNthQCgwsn4zdno7VCjbzmlsKcX9X6qMPlyAIRn AnvNhe36z2gCJzz75sqJKMmAiJKIa4bYo2/a/uB2aO1LPWrVHxgUiusQ1sGr7gB5 oCIsWyLg9u5alnv/nGKzCbtnvnn2VxRnMiRtywZXN5H7HKiMpBKjBeYt+B9udrKu WFtwWQSPM5UjTbjp5tIEZEu9BlrSGPfO+rfCRrj6IWQIAchqfs8x1OADxX3z92UJ VuJe9cRAtRGtL3/CAM/K =d4lZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----